The First Record for Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica (Poaceae), in Nova Scotia, from an Eastern Alpine Site on Cape Breton Island
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i2.1861Keywords:
Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica, conservation, rare plants, floristics, alpine vegetation, Nova ScotiaAbstract
Altai Fescue, Festuca altaica Trinius, is an amphi-Beringian grass species also known from isolated, but widespread, locations in northeastern North America. The occurrence reported here, at the southern limit of eastern alpine habitat in Canada, represents the first for Nova Scotia.
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